Stanley Clarke

[FunkKing]

I purchased his self-titled album last week and following that, Im probably going to invest in "school days" next week. He's really an ace player, and I hadnt really heard much of him before now. He's a class electric bass player, as well as a fine upright player.
Any fans of him here?

 

[dodgy_ian]

yup, he rules big time school days is ace!

dodge

 

[PeaceFrog]

yup, he rules big time school days is ace!

dodge

+1

School Days

 

[Davehenning]

I am more partial to "If this bass could only talk." (including his duet with the late Gregory Hines!)

But "School days" has some great stuff too.

 

[JimK]

My 3 favourite Clarke solo albums are-
Stanley Clarke..."Lopsy Lu", earliest example of the Open-Hammer Pluck?
Journey To Love..."Silly Putty" & "Song For John(Coltrane)" are cool.
School Days

Somewhere in there I recall my uncle giving me Clarke's debut, Children Of Forever. You can skip that one.

Other Clarke projects to explore-
The Return To Forever material.
Joe Farrell's Moon Germs is another personal favourite.

 

[Matt Till]

I've got School Days and 1,2 to the Bass, both good albums. 1,2 to the bass has a lot of cheesy tracks. School Days is... still kinda cheesy, but better. 1,2 to the bass is worth picking up though, he has this solo instrumental upright track that is phenomenal. And the Oprah reading the Maya Angelou is interesting... but only the first few listens. Where is the love is just so ridiculously clique R&B. And the Q-Tip rap is kinda cool, but the listen to the bass bass bass hook is kinda annoying.

Err... School Days is much better.

 

[mnadelin]

School Days is definitely one of those landmark albums for bass. Stanley = the man.

 

[malthumb]

Let's see......

I have

• About a dozen of his solo albums
• Three Return to Forever albums
• A couple of his soundtrack albums
• A bass he used to use
• An autographed picture and signed bill of sale for the bass
• Seen him live in at least a dozen different concert venues

Yeah, I guess I'm somewhat of a fan.

Peace,

James

 

[Jacob Bartfield]

In my opinion. he's a great electric player, but an amazing upright player. I saw him twice, and I definitely got the sense that upright was really his main instrument. He played this tiny picolo (or tener?) electric bass, and ihe played it as if it were a toy.

 

[Planet Boulder]

Recently downloaded a bootleg DVD of him from a 1978 performance. It was taken from some Japanese TV broadcast and man was it sick!

VERy cool to be able to watch his hands up close.

 

[Diowulf]

I was actually told to check out some Stanley Clarke the other day. I mainly listen to metal, but I'm partial to anything that shows musicianship. I think I'll have to go check some out.

 

[FractalUniverse]

i really dislike electric stanley, i do prefer a lot his DB playing, i must say that he is one of the best DB out there. IMO

 

[JayAmel]

Don't forget to lend an ear at Return To Forever's "Romantic Warrior" album, with Chick Corea, Al Di Meola and Lenny White. Great, great stuff !